Career Summary

18.7.1962: Launched by T. Mitchison Ltd., Gateshead (Yard No. 518) for Seapool Ltd.

5.7.1963: Completed by Greenock Dockyard Company (Gateshead) Ltd.

 6.1.1964: Mortgaged to the White Fish Authority, Lincoln’s Inn Chambers, 2/3 Cursiter Street, London. EC4.

18.1.1967: Mortgaged repaid.

1968: Sold to Vickers Ltd., (James Fisher & Sons Ltd., Barrow, managers). Converted into a research and submersible submarine mothership.

4.6.1968: Commissioned at Barrow, as VICKERS VENTURER.

1972: Transferred to Vicker Oceanics Ltd.

1980: Sold to British Oceanics Ltd., (Premier Shipping & Engineering Ltd., managers), and renamed VENTURER.

1981: Sold to Eagle Tugs Ltd., (Shipmarc Ltd., managers), Cayman Islands.

1986: Sold to Albin Maritime Corp., (Southern Engineering Company Ltd, managers), St Vincent.

1988: LR class withdrawn, owners and managers deleted.

9.10.2007: Reported as having been sold to undisclosed buyers, on the Equasis website.

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

Relko

1962

270

187941

T Michison & Greenock Dockyard

Gateshead

Bristol Siddeley

Coventry

2 x 4 Cyl Motor

Maybach

800 BHP

1

Relko

MGXU

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